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Zidane warns Pogba: Now or never for Real Madrid move

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has told Paul Pogba to quit Manchester United this summer, it has been reveaeled.

Zidane, reports The Sun, has told Pogba this coming transfer window will be his one chance of joining Real.

Pogba has told friends he wants to work with Zidane, would also be the catalyst for a change in style.

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said he wants to build his side around the enigmatic Frenchman but Pogba is not buying into that plan as the Norwegian is working on a higher– energy passing philosophy.

United's hierarchy maintain Pogba is not for sale at any price but Zidane is not prepared to wait as he starts his own reconstruction job at the Bernabeu.

Zizou has made it clear to Pogba's agent Mino Raiola that for his plan, with Chelsea's Eden Hazard also part of it, he needs him this summer or not at all.

The stance is certain to force Pogba and his representative to agitate to get the move through.

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